Re: [boost] OCR errors in Hoare's monitor paper.

From: Beman Dawes (beman_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-08-15 07:41:52

Ian Bruntlett wrote:

 >I'm having a look at the article by Hoare (removing spelling mistakes
 >introduced by the OCR process) and the following sentence has me stumped:
 >
 >"2. Do not seek to present the user with a virtual machine which is 
belier
 >than the actual hardware; merely seek to pass on the speed, size, and 
flat
 >_unopiniated_ structure of a simple hardware design."
 >
 >I think "belier" and "unopiniated" are errors. Has anyone got a clue as 
to
 >what they should be?

In the original, "belier" was "better" but "unopiniated" was as shown.

I checked one paper and two online dictionaries, and none had 
"unopiniated".

Dave's "unopinionated" guess is a good one.

--Beman